St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01

capital should combine, and it is equally
as imperative thas labor should com
bine, but the best of all would be for
labor and capital to combine. If labor
can be thoroughly organized there is no
doubt that it can gain the victory.
Weknow that the era of brotherhood
must come, when we such earnest of il
already. Through the riffs of the
clouds we can see the era of brother
hood, we can see labOrers coming from
factories in the afternoon, with their
faces aglOw. We can see them attend
ing lyceums, rejoicing with each other
over the new kingdom. / believe that
if Christ were in the world to-day He
as his own. 1t is the necessity of the
land. If we are going ahead at all that
is the way. All the SORROWS of the past,
all the burdens of the present are push
ing men toward it.
PROF. FOLWELL'S TALK.
Prof. Folwell spoke next upon ssSome
of the Pros and Cons of Cooperation. :"
he said: ''NIan is made for co-opera-
ton. To act against one another is
against the nature of men. Wage
workers and wage receivers are COOP
atOrs. More than ever before has Ia
Dor become cooperative. But for mans
cooperative Instinct man covld not have
survived. The same characteristic is
found in the brute creation. There are
hermitS and mavericks, but they are
exceptions. Before all things, liberty,
as mere latent faculty, needs to be
put into activity to acquire any good.
Men, in the course of time, starting
from an element of nature, have built
up great institutions. The city, the
state are but the results of cooperation.
War may properly be called diabolical
cooperation. The cooperative element
ill man would be either dormant or in
effectual unless guided and trained by
institutions. The question is, Can CO.
operation be. applied to the eco
nOmic relations of men% [ am
not called upon to debate
this question, because it is already set
tied. You see this and you know it as
well as do. The matter of productive
cooperation is yet to be worked. With
out cooperation the pyramids could
never have been piled up. The organ
lZerS OF this movement propose to put
up old principles on new methods. In
the good time coming, the world will be
IndlyidualiStic, cooperative and social
1Stic. The state will more than ever
guide the steps of the people. Cooper
atlon cannot, must not be universal. but
must cO-eXiSt with other elements. The
truly cooperative man has not vet been
born.
THE WORLD AWAITS HIM.
Cooperation must come slow in
country like ours, where the people are
mostly carpet-baggerS. Cooperation will
be found to be the most advantageous
in that industry which lies beneath
all others, agriculture. Some invention
is needed to stop the over-crowding of
the cities at the expense of the
country, Unless the evils can be
remedied in the cities the en-
plre will come down to keep
the peace. Any remedy that can give
more charm to the country, and Keep
local self-governmenta alive cannot come
to soon. Slavery and Serfdom of the
anciant times have given way to the
wage-SyStem of modern days. BY the
system of cooperation, the artisan gets
not only wages, but a share of the
profits. 1t must, however. take its
chance in the markets. This is not dis
couragement but simply caution.'
John SamuelS, of st. Louis, one of
the oldest members of the organization,
also delivered short address. He said
that people were rapidly learning that
the silver lining to the dark clouds lies
in cooperation. The people, like Goethe
III his last moments, are crying for more
light. We need men to go forth as mis-
sionaries to preach this divine gospel of
men working for each other.
FAREWELL TO DIR. FORBES.